Junior Infants
Here are some photos from our visit to Mr. Ruane's office. We loved sitting in his chair. We said 2 poems for him while we were there. In Maths we have been working on "matching" things that are the same and belong together.
Junior Infants
Junior Infants have had a busy month and are all settling in very well. We were working on some action rhymes and nursery rhymes " Jack and Jill " and "Twinkle Twinkle." We made our own star in Art and sang the song. We practised performing Jack and Jill and some children were even [...]
Learning through Irish is fun! 🍃 🍁 🍂
Today, in Irish, we read a story in our ‘Léigh sa Bhaile’ reader called ‘Cuimilt Duilleoige’. We read and translated the story about leaf rubbings & produced lovely pictures using Autumn colours. It so easy to do. Nil uait ach duilleog tirim, páipéar bán agus crián. (All you need is a dry leaf, white paper [...]
A Visit to Mr. Ruane’s Office
Pupils from Rang I had a very exciting morning this morning. Mr. Ruane invited us to visit his office to learn all about what it is like to be principal of Barefield N.S. First, Mr. Ruane showed us all of the files and folders he uses. Next, Mr. Ruane drew our attention to the portraits [...]
First Holy Communion 2021
The sun shone brightly today for the girls and boys who received the sacrament of First Holy Communion in The Church of The Immaculate Conception Barefield.
The Ugly Ducking
The children had the opportunity to revisit the story of The Ugly Duckling with Ms Róisín Callinan yesterday. Ms Callinan is on her final placement from Mary Immaculate College. Firstly the children were read the story of The Ugly Duckling. They discussed the different language and explored lots of different emotions. Finally the completed some [...]
Lessons with Ms. Buckley
Ms. Buckley is currently on placement in our school. She visited our classroom today and taught two lovely lessons. The children listened to a beautiful story called "Cloudette" by Tom Lichtenheld. They read some of the story, discussed it and answered questions based on the story. Afterwards, pupils were treated to a fabulous autumn collage [...]
Bike Week: COW Day (Cycle on Wednesday)
Here are just some of the pupils, parents and staff members who cycled, scooted or walked to school this morning on National COW Day (Cycle on Wednesday). Well done everybody!
Our Sensory Walk 👁 👂 👅 👃 🤚
This week in science we are learning all about our 5 senses. We decided to go on a sensory walk around the school to put them to the test. We were so delighted that Mr Ruane’s sense of hearing was working well as when he heard us passing his office he invited us inside to take [...]
Bike Week: COW Day (Cycle on Wednesday)
Tomorrow is National COW Day (Cycle on Wednesday). Our Green Schools Committee is asking our pupil, parents and staff to cycle, scoot or walk to school, where possible. Class teachers and Green Schools representatives will record the number of children who cycle, scoot or walk to school in each class. These numbers will be submitted [...]